Arid Dreams: Stories

Synopsis

In Thirteen Stories That Investigate Ordinary And Working-class Thailand, Characters Aspire For More But Remain Suspended In Routine. They Bide Their Time, Waiting For An Extraordinary Event To End Their Stasis. A Politician's Wife Imagines Her Life Had Her Husband's Accident Been Fatal, A Man On Death Row Requests That A Friend Clear Up A Misunderstanding With A Prostitute, And An Elevator Attendant Feels Himself Wasting Away While Trapped, Immobile, At His Station All Day. Arid Dreams -- The Final Secret Of Inmate Black Tiger -- The Attendant -- Sandals -- Kanda's Eyebrows -- The Doctor -- Men's Rights -- Within These Walls -- The Awaiter -- Way Of The Moon -- Wood Children -- How A Lad Found His Uncle And Learned A Lesson -- The Second Book. Duanwad Pimwana ; Translated From The Thai By Mui Poopoksakul.